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	<title>Comments on: Consumer Confidence</title>
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	<description>Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 10:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: k</title>
		<link>http://susiemadrak.com/2008/04/18/10/22/consumer-confidence/#comment-141252</link>
		<dc:creator>k</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Gas is supposed to climb 23 cents a gallon in the next day or two here. That should pretty much wipe out any discretionary spending, which might include phones. Then they won't be able to reach most people for comment, and things will be back to normal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Gas is supposed to climb 23 cents a gallon in the next day or two here. That should pretty much wipe out any discretionary spending, which might include phones. Then they won&#8217;t be able to reach most people for comment, and things will be back to normal.</p>
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		<title>By: DBK</title>
		<link>http://susiemadrak.com/2008/04/18/10/22/consumer-confidence/#comment-141203</link>
		<dc:creator>DBK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That can't be right.  Papa Smurf Gibson says the top issues that concern Americans are whether the Democratic candidates will pick each other for a running mate and who wears what sort of jewelry on their collars.  No, the economy and Iraq, those are distractions from the real campaign issues, this campaign is about guns and bitter, not guns and butter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That can&#8217;t be right.  Papa Smurf Gibson says the top issues that concern Americans are whether the Democratic candidates will pick each other for a running mate and who wears what sort of jewelry on their collars.  No, the economy and Iraq, those are distractions from the real campaign issues, this campaign is about guns and bitter, not guns and butter.</p>
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